Culture clashes as mining camps mock The Pas in fledgling papers
Winnipeg February 18 The Pas decries culture pretensions by rival mining camp weeklies The Flin Flon Flea and the Kettle Frog call The Pas city by mock fashion and collar wear while The Pas Herald editor Grant Hice defends northern towns with sharp satire The piece hints at a looming northland journalistic feud.
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Winnipeg
Althapapusko Lake
Pas
Kettle Frog
Manitoba
Canada
Hudson Bay Railway
trans-Atlantic Steamship Lines
Port Nelson
Pas 4
Flin Flon
Kettle
Grant Hice
Pas Herald
Northland
Mr. Rice
Betsy Alooka Flags for Service at Schuylkill Arsenal
The article notes how flags for the U S army and navy are handmade from silk, turning many young women into flag makers. It highlights a Schuylkill Arsenal scene where a girl presses a finished flag for Pennsylvania troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Navy
Betsy Wesses
Schuykill Arsenal
Pennsylvania
West Point Opens to Enlisted Youths
The House passed the West Point military academy appropriation bill totaling 2,441,743 dollars. The measure allows enlisted Army members serving more than a year to enter the academy for the full eight to twenty four year course.
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West Point
Washington
West Point Military Academy
Barbaric splendor and demure simplicity in film fancy dress
A Goldwyn Eminent Authors production shows a lavish fancy dress ball for Dangerous Days. Sophia Wachner supervises wardrobe with gowns from silver and red satin to beaded nets and ostrich plumes. Cast features Clarissa Selwynne in an ostrich plume costume and Paulina Starke in a pink net shepherdess outfit.
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Goldwyn Eminent Authors
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Sophia Wachner
Clarissa Selwynne
Paulina Starke
Joe Ryan Feats Forty Minute Bull Dogging Stunt
Wyoming film star Joe Ryan known as the best loved villain on the screen wrestled a steer for forty minutes during a Vitagraph scene. The animal finally toppled the star, who was injured. the production’s release date for the Joe Ryan Jean Paige serial is indefinitely postponed.
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Joe Ryan
Devils Tower
Wyo
Hank Sinkiewitz
Joe
Wyoming
Vitagraph
Joe Nyan
Nyan
California
Lis
Jean Paige
Ryan
Niyan
Ile
Portrait of Robert Lansing and Wilson clash
A portrait shows Robert Lansing as a member of the American Peace Delegation in Paris. The confrontation between President Wilson and Lansing led to Lansing's resignation and Wilson's acceptance, with Wilson's long held belief Lansing did not cooperate on State Department affairs. Lansing denies the accusation, saying he called cabinet meetings to fulfill the president's wishes.
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Robert Lansing
Paris
Wilson
Lansing
Partment
Russian Nobility Jewelry Smuggled to United States
Chicago reports a fugitive courier, Erle de Sherbinin, son of Professor de Sherbinin of the University of Toronto, carrying diamonds emeralds pearls and rubies worth millions for Russian nobility. Jewelers seek him abroad and dealers anticipate a US arrival to buy pieces with historic value.
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Chicago
United States
Erle de Sherbinin
de Sherbinin
University of Toronto
Sweden
Australian boxing fans strike over seat price hikes
Boxing notes cover figures from the sport with anecdotes about Johnny Kilbane set for a bout with Benny Walger and Benny Leonard's activity. Mentions of Babe Ruth, Gene Delmont, and baseball schedules contrast with boxing news and strike discussions.
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Australia
Corp
Jack Blumenfield
America
Johnny Kilbane
Benny Walger
Ever Hammer
Chicago
Gene Delmont
Vernon
Galif
Alex McGarthy
Charles Webb Murphy
Gabs
Nalick
Myss
United States
Boston
Ned Mahan
Eddie Casey
Captain Murphy
Yankee
Overseas Forces
Tom Connolly
Francis Connolly
Mike Finn
Earle
Pittsburgh Pirates
Why Seattle Waterfront Is For Sale
Seattle's waterfront will back Yale's football team next season as Tad Jones returns to whip the Blue into shape. Jones, general manager of Ames Shipbuilding and Drydock, a former Yale quarterback, hopes his prior 1920 success repeats. He will take a three month unpaid leave from the Ames plant and remain with the Seattle community during the stint.
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Seattle
Wash
Yale
Tad
Jones
Ames
Jewell urges two year federal rail operation to avert bankruptcy
B M Jewell acting president of the railroad employes department of the AFL tells Congress that private return would trigger nationwide panic and bankruptcy. He cites two years of traffic shortfalls and loss making routes as proof receiverships would follow if railroads are scrambled and left to fail.
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Washington
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Jewell
Woman to Mush In Big Idaho Dog Race
Gladys Van Sickle of Squirrel Meadows will be the first woman to enter the annual Idaho dog sweepstakes from Ashton to Yellowstone park. She competes for a $1,000 prize. Mae A. Edington of Shogun ranch, owned by Mrs. E. H. Harriman, will drive a team of malamutes belonging to Mrs. Harriman.
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Big Idaho
Pocatello
Idaho
Ashton
Yellowstone Park
Gladys van Sickle
Squirrel Meadows
Mae
A. F. Edington
Shogun Ranch
E. H. Harriman
Harriman
Water from Mermaid Pool Clears New York Streets
In New York the Hippodrome stage pool holding 960000 gallons of water was heated and pumped through fire lines to melt snow and ice blocking streets around the venue. Heat and high pressure rapidly cleared frontages before the rest of the city saw better conditions after a midweek storm.
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New York
New York Hippodrome
Charles Dillingham
Hippodrome
Big Playhouse
Irish Question Is Industrial and Political
A British labor delegation that visited Ireland reports favoring withdrawal of the Irish bill and a fresh approach. It concludes the Irish question is as much an industrial issue as a political one and should be solved by considering both factors.
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Hollywood
London
Ireland
America Is Short One Million Homes
Chicago delegates from 14 national builder groups warned of a one million home shortage in the country. Scarcity of brick and lumber could drive momentum toward concrete construction this year.
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America
Chicago
Lost Item Help Line 988 Guides Leaders to Help
A notice urges calling 988 if something is lost, inviting readers to let the leader coordinate recovery efforts. The prompt emphasizes using a support line for assistance and response.
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